BYOD Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term BYOD in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BYOD over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 337 462
Rank change year-on-year +39 +125 +143
Contract jobs citing BYOD 6 8 15
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.052% 0.058%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.18% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 12
10th Percentile £242 £423 £375
25th Percentile £295 £513 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £650
90th Percentile - £588 -
UK median daily rate £350 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £19.00 -
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £14.48 £17.72
% change year-on-year +66.99% -18.27% -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

BYOD falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

BYOD
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing BYOD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

BYOD trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

BYOD
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing BYOD.

BYOD daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

BYOD
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing BYOD over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

BYOD daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

BYOD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (33.33%) OneDrive
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory Support
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
3 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
1 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (33.33%) Cost Control
1 2 (33.33%) Cost Management
1 2 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
1 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 2 (33.33%) Principle of Least Privilege
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) RBAC
1 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (16.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (16.67%) Forefront Identity Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) VMware